The whole story : adventures in love, life, and capitalism

Mackey, John, 1954- author.

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"Whole Foods Market's Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its remarkable impact. The Whole Story invites readers on the adventure of building Whole Foods Market: the colorful cast of idealists and foodies who formed the company's DNA, the many breakthroughs and missteps; the camaraderie and the conflict, and t...

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Capitalism Moral and ethical aspects

Chief executive officers United States Biography

Corporations Moral and ethical aspects

Employee motivation

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Mackey, John, 1954-

Social values

Success in business

Whole Foods Market

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ISBN:

9781637745120
1637745125

Description:

400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Part I: Waking life. The threshold of an adventure
Safer way
My father, my mentor
The fellowship
A one-stop shop
The hundred-year flood
Part II: Shelf life. After the flood
All work and all play
To grow or not to grow?
The network
Wacky Mackey
A declaration of interdependence
Texas state champions
California dreaming
Not just a grocer
The hitchhiker's guide to capital
The peoples republic of Berkeley
The woman in the dream
The second happiest day of my life
Territory and talent
Coast to coast
Growing company, growing leader
A fight on two fronts
A hundred-million-dollar mistake
The coup
Part III: Whole life. Strider
Culture shock
A crisis of conscience
Coming into our own
Conscious capitalism
It's all fun and games until the bureaucrats get involved
Rising waters
The best of both worldviews
Narrative fallacies
A man of his word
Evolve or die
The Amazon solution
Part IV: Love life. Trust the process
Playing the infinite game

LCCN:

2023049237

Control Number:

3319791

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